After the reviewing the lesson plan in class about Empowerment, I managed to build my skills of encouragement up.  We were told that empowerment refers to, “To give power to someone thus resulting in a greater sense of confidence/self-esteem and ability to do a task.” Having experience with being a leader, I am comfortable with empowering my peers with high self-esteem within their selves. Last year I was a softball captain and one of my daily routines was encouraging the teammates to have confidence within their selves when they failed to do a good job on the field. One example in particular was when a new girl made the team and had little experience with softball. Despite her being new to softball I gave her power and confidence to teach her how to be a better batter. Whenever she would go to bat she would always strike out, and I notice she was feeling down on herself, but I would always encourage her and give her techniques to do better whenever she went to bat. Even though her batting skills did not increase that much, she still had confidence within herself to improve her mistakes and practice hard every day so that she could be better in the batter box. After having experience with empowerment I found myself using motivation which is; “an incentive or move to action”, by motivating the aspiring athlete that she could do good when she was in the batter box. Encouragement; “to inspire with hope, confidence, or courage,” I always managed to say positive remarks to her to boost her confidence and courage with softball. Recognition; “to acknowledge the contribution of another” I recognized her for her hard work and dedication by practicing during her free time to get better with her batting skills. Praise; “to recognize others and praise them for good work”, I praised her again for trying her best to become better as a softball player. And appreciation; “to thank others for their contribution”, I appreciated her contributing to a difficult skill but still managing not to quit or give up even though the sport was difficult for her. I often noticed and interpreted that the other team captains hardly empowered the team because they did not have much control of team. The team captains lacked respect from on the team because they would not like a captain, they would always act childish along with the team which should not be a leaders characteristics. This is due to because whenever they would try to be serious and demanding the team would not take them seriously or respect them because they were used to the team captains being silly and immature. But I believe when there is a team leader around who is mature and reliable, their protégés will always look up to them for empowerment and motivation whereas vice versa from a leader who is immature. But having empowerment within an organization builds a bond and strength where nothing could break that individual or team down.